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• I Dream of Joni

  a Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots

  Alford, Henry, 1962-

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  "This stylish consideration of the folk-rock-jazz legend by magazine veteran Alford is...thoughtful and informed.... [A] heartfelt reconsideration of an iconic artist." -Kirkus

• Henri Cartier-Bresson

  a Biography

  Assouline, Pierre

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  The definitive biography of the greatest photographer of modern times.

• The Novel Life of Jane Austen

  a Graphic Biography

  Barchas, Janine, 1967-

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  The Novel Life of Jane Austen is a beautifully illustrated graphic biography that brings to life the remarkable story of one of Britain's most beloved literary icons.

• John Clare

  a Biography

  Bate, Jonathan, 1958-

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  John Clare (1793-1864) was a great Romantic poet, with a name to rival that of Blake, Byron, Wordsworth or Shelley - and a life to match.

• From Under the Truck

  a Memoir

  Brolin, Josh, 1968-

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  A unique and decidedly un-celebrity memoir, by turns affecting, funny, uncanny, and unforgettable. A remarkable and an unforgettable read.

• Heartbreaker

  a Memoir

  Campbell, Mike, 1950-

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  A fast-paced, tender-hearted rock 'n' roll memoir for the ages, Mike Campbell's Heartbreaker is part rags-to-riches story and part raucous, seat-of-the-pants adventure, recounting Campbell's life and times as lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the Going Was Good

  An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines

  Carter, Graydon

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  Graydon Carter's lively recounting of how he made his mark as one of society's most talented editors and shapers of culture.

• Full Circle

  Clarkson, Jenny-May, 1974-

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  From a childhood in rural Piopio, Jenny-May Coffin grew up to achieve international success as a Silver Fern and then began a stellar career on radio and television as a sports commentator and morning presenter.

• The Golden Throne

  the Curse of a King

  De Bellaigue, Christopher, 1971-

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  An immersive reconstruction of the life of the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century.

• Bellissima

  An Australian-Italian Affair

  Dinnigan, Collette, 1965-

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  Collette Dinnigan is one of Australia's most well known and loved fashion designers.

• Children of Radium

  a Buried Inheritance

  Dunthorne, Joe

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  This "profound...comic...[and] unconventional" (The New York Times) family memoir investigates the dark legacy of the author's great-grandfather, a talented German-Jewish chemist who wound up developing chemical weapons and gas mask filters for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Prosecutor

  One Man's Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice

  Fairweather, Jack

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  A gripping, definitive account of one man's battle to reckon with the horror of the Holocaust.

• My Life in a Garden

  Love, Loss and Mulch : a Single Dad Seeks Answers in Nature

  Gorham, Carl

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  When TV comedy writer Carl Gorham moved out of London to the country with his wife and young daughter in 2005, he swopped a small, terraced cottage with a thirty-foot garden for a large, detached house in Norfolk with three acres. An extraordinary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Few Words in Defense of Our Country

  the Biography of Randy Newman

  Hilburn, Robert

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  'Randy Newman is our great master of American song and storytelling' Bruce Springsteen.

• Fahrenheit-182

  a Memoir

  Hoppus, Mark

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  A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182.

• Descending Fire

  the Story Behind the Stories

  Jordan, Sherryl, 1949-2023

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  'By turns joyful, despairing, resolute, heart-breaking - Sherryl's memoir is a revelation.' - Tessa Duder.

• John & Paul

  a Love Story in Songs

  Leslie, Ian, 1972-

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  A majestic biography of two young geniuses who merged their talents to create one of the greatest bodies of music in history.

• This Compulsion in Us

  Makereti, Tina, 1973-

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  Makereti stands at the foot of her maunga and pays careful attention to tohu. With her tupuna at her elbow she casts around for home, meets taonga in museums, and writes her way towards her father. She walks through the darkness with others, in awe…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Outside the Lanes

  Mann, Becca

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  Record-breaking swimmer Becca Mann shares how she turned her failed Olympic dreams into making history as the first-and only-person to ever swim the 21-hour Maui Nui Tri-Channel Crossing Record.

• Mary Shelley in Bath

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  This book brings together for the very first time the journals, letters and short stories that Mary Shelley wrote while living in Bath from 1816 to 1817.